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I am an author (of two books, numerous plays, poetry and freelance articles), a director (of Spiritual Formation at a Lutheran church), and a producer (of five kids). I write about my hectic, funny, perfectly imperfect life. Please visit my website: www.eliseseyfried.com.
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...But for the Grace of God
By Elise Seyfried - Apr 23My Rosie went to college in Boston, and often ran through its streets. She has scads of friends up there. My dear young friend Carrie is in school ...
I'm Gonna Make You Love Me
By Elise Seyfried - Apr 04On the phone with my sister Carolyn in Hawaii last night for our Easter chat. C confessed to being very bothered by something. Someone she’d ...
Who Am I This Time?
By Elise Seyfried - Mar 17If you ask my family members about their work lives, prepare for quite an earful. It occurred to me the other day that, among the eight of us ...
Love Letters from God
By Elise Seyfried - Feb 14Dear God, please reveal to us your sublime beauty that is everywhere, everywhere, everywhere, so that we will never again feel frightened. My ...
Short and Sweet
By Elise Seyfried - Jan 19Whenever someone recommends a “great read” to me, my first question is: how many pages? For you see, I simply can’t concentrate on long narratives ...
Table for Two
By Elise Seyfried - Dec 29Steve and I will ring in the first two weeks of 2013, utterly alone. After many years of constant household company, NO ONE will be around in ...
The Magic Passport
By Elise Seyfried - Dec 04Feeling somewhat Orelandbound this afternoon…you know, the feeling that you are stuck in your little corner of America, making an endless loop of ...
Thanksliving
By Elise Seyfried - Nov 17This Thanksgiving will be a happy one, with all six of my kids (Yaj is my third daughter) home, at least for the day. I will enjoy hosting this ...
Weighing In
By Elise Seyfried - Nov 04Embarrassing as it is to admit, I am addicted to the bathroom scale. I’ve never been overweight, really (though I always think I am), so perhaps ...
Where to?
By Elise Seyfried - Oct 18I've always had a lousy sense of direction. Even as a child, I remember getting lost on a three block walk to a friend's house. Whenever anyone ...
Here, Kitty Kitty
By Elise Seyfried - Apr 12Crash!!!! What was that incredibly loud middle-of-the-night sound coming from downstairs? I needed to know! And so, of course, sent Steve to find ...
Accentuate It
By Elise Seyfried - Mar 21It takes me a little while to hop on the bandwagon. By the time I do, everyone else has jumped off and hopped onto the next bandwagon. It is this ...
Too Old for This
By Elise Seyfried - Feb 24So, in a fit of I-don't-know-what, I decided February 22nd would be midnight bowling/lock-in at church for the youth group. At the time (January) ...
Dream a Little Dream
By Elise Seyfried - Jan 31Why I don’t watch horror movies or read creepy books: nothing can top my nightmares for terrifying. I can honestly say that I have never, as far ...
The Borrowers
By Elise Seyfried - Jan 11Has anybody seen my cardigan from LOFT? Didn’t you wear my red dress over Christmas? Can I have my skinny jeans back, please? The Seyfrieds are ...
Have Yourself a Mayan Little Christmas
By Elise Seyfried - Dec 20Don’t know about you, but I’m approaching December 21st with relief. No more trips to the mall for last-minute gifts! No more mall, either! The ...
Surprise!
By Elise Seyfried - Nov 27The day after Thanksgiving, as is the Seyfried wont, was time for some vigorous outdoor exercise. The exercise usually takes the form of a brisk ...
For All the Saints
By Elise Seyfried - Nov 10As a little Catholic girl, I decided to become a saint. One of my favorite books was When Saints Were Young. My favorite story from the book was ...
Connecting the Dots
By Elise Seyfried - Oct 28When I was little I LOVED connect-the-dots pictures. It was like magic to see a thing or person take shape as I drew a line from 1-2-3. Ah! There ...
Save the Date!
By Elise Seyfried - Oct 08Quick—what was the date of your son’s first day of playgroup 25 years ago? When in 1993 did you go to the dentist? Do you know if 2000 was the ...
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